Planting seeds? Quick and easy. Kids love it. Especially, in our case, pink and purple flowering annuals. But be warned, until the bit where you pick some nice juicy fruit, veg and pretty flowers, you're on your own!
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| The children have made their own fun in the garden |
I've definitely bitten off more giant unpicked courgette than I can chew this year. My 4 year old and 2 year old daughters have loved being out in the garden and getting involved when they're in the mood. But while I've spent hours watering, potting up, hardening off, planting out, watering some more, thinning, protecting from slugs, staking (and not blogging), they've been doing more important jobs. Like mixing colourful garden materials in water. They loved it and spent hours concocting, pouring and generally getting wet. And I seem to have less to show for my efforts than them!
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| Before: Hard labour for Handy Dad |
My poor dad has been roped in to help again, reclaiming some beds from the weeds.
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| After: Potato crop and the inevitable pink flowers |
Not exactly gardening with kids in half an hour a day but we have had a fair amount of edible goodies so far, and my eldest's raised bed is a mass of flowers (more pics to follow).
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| Baby yellow courgettes |
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| Little one watering the rather scruffy flower bed! |
